📈 Corporate Equities as a Share of U.S. Household Assets Hits a Record in Q4 2024

Following the strong U.S. stock bull markets of the 1950s and 1960s, corporate equities accounted for 21% of household and nonprofit organization assets by 1968. However, the economic turbulence of the 1970s—marked by geopolitical shocks, the oil crisis, and stagflation—led to a prolonged market downturn, causing the share to decline to around 8% by the early 1980s.

The 1990s saw a resurgence, with the share peaking at 26% in 2000 during the dot-com boom, only to drop below 15% by 2003 after the bubble burst. A partial recovery was again interrupted by the 2008 financial crisis, pushing the share down to 12% in 2009.

Corporate equities rebounded in the 2010s, surpassing 25% by 2018. By Q4 2024, the share hit a historic high of 29.5%, driven primarily by the continued strength of the tech stock bull market.